2005 National Computer Chess Championships - Chess Chat

**shaun** · 01-07-2005, 09:42 AM

National Computer Chess Championships 2005
When: Sunday July 17 2005
What Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm EST
Where: Online
Where Online: chess.tridgell.net (port 5000)

Entrants and spectators most welcome. This tournament is open to anyone who has developed their own program and is a resident of the Oceania Zone. If you wish to enter email me at shaun.press@anu.edu.au
Spectators are also most welcome, and can observe the action by connecting to chess.tridgell.net with any FICS client (XBoard etc) and logging in as a guest.

Further details are at http://syseng.anu.edu.au/~shaun/chess

**shaun** · 17-07-2005, 10:05 AM

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**shaun** · 17-07-2005, 02:14 PM

Scores after Rd 4

Bodo 4
Desperado, See, Trace X, Knightcap 2.5
Chompster, Vchess, Fencer 2
Blackknight, Kangaruh 1.5
Awesome 1
Hexxpawn 0

**shaun** · 17-07-2005, 03:07 PM

Results after Rd 5

Code:

Place	Name         	Feder	Rtg 	Loc	Score	M-Buch.	Buch.	Progr.

  1  	Bodo,        	     	2050	   	4    	   12.5	 16.0	  18.0
 2-4 	TraceX,      	     	2100	   	3.5  	   12.5	 18.5	  14.5
     	Knightcap,   	     	2150	   	3.5  	   12.0	 18.0	  13.5
     	Desperado,   	     	2234	   	3.5  	   11.5	 17.0	  13.5
  5  	Vchess,      	     	2000	   	3    	   11.0	 16.5	  12.0
 6-7 	See,         	     	1950	   	2.5  	   10.0	 15.5	  10.5
     	Kangaruh,    	     	1800	   	2.5  	    8.0	 12.0	   7.0
8-10 	Chompster,   	     	2075	   	2    	   11.5	 15.0	  10.0
     	Fencer,      	     	1900	   	2    	    9.0	 12.5	   8.0
     	Awesome,     	     	1850	   	2    	    8.5	 12.0	   6.5
 11  	Blackknight, 	     	1500	   	1.5  	    9.5	 13.0	   6.5
 12  	HexxPawn,    	     	1600	   	0    	    8.5	 14.0	   0.0

**shaun** · 17-07-2005, 03:32 PM

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**shaun** · 17-07-2005, 04:34 PM

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**shaun** · 17-07-2005, 05:03 PM

Final standings

Code:

Place	Name         	Score	M-Buch.	Buch.	Progr.

  1  	Bodo,        	6    	   18.5	 24.0	  25.0
  2  	TraceX,      	5.5  	   20.0	 28.0	  21.0
 3-5 	Knightcap,   	4.5  	   22.5	 31.5	  19.0
     	Desperado,   	4.5  	   20.5	 28.0	  18.0
     	See,         	4.5  	   18.5	 26.0	  16.0
 6-7 	Vchess,      	4    	   18.5	 24.5	  16.0
     	Chompster,   	4    	   17.0	 21.5	  15.0
  8  	Fencer,      	3    	   16.5	 22.5	  12.0
  9  	Kangaruh,    	2.5  	   17.5	 23.5	   9.5
 10  	Awesome,     	2    	   16.0	 21.5	   8.5
 11  	Blackknight, 	1.5  	   15.5	 20.0	   8.0
 12  	HexxPawn,    	0    	   15.5	 23.0	   0.0

**shaun** · 17-07-2005, 05:04 PM

Final Cross Table

Code:

No	Name         	Total	 1  	 2  	 3  	 4  	 5  	 6  	 7  

1 	Bodo,        	6    	12:W	 3:W	 2:W	 6:W	 4:L	 9:W	 8:W
2 	TraceX,      	5.5  	10:W	 6:W	 1:L	 3:D	 5:W	 4:W	 9:W
3 	Knightcap,   	4.5  	 8:W	 1:L	 4:W	 2:D	 7:W	 6:W	 5:L
4 	Desperado,   	4.5  	 5:W	 7:D	 3:L	11:W	 1:W	 2:L	10:W
5 	See,         	4.5  	 4:L	 9:W	 8:W	 7:D	 2:L	10:W	 3:W
6 	Vchess,      	4    	11:W	 2:L	 7:W	 1:L	 8:W	 3:L	12:W
7 	Chompster,   	4    	 9:W	 4:D	 6:L	 5:D	 3:L	12:W	11:W
8 	Fencer,      	3    	 3:L	12:W	 5:L	10:W	 6:L	11:W	 1:L
9 	Kangaruh,    	2.5  	 7:L	 5:L	10:D	12:W	11:W	 1:L	 2:L
10	Awesome,     	2    	 2:L	11:D	 9:D	 8:L	12:W	 5:L	 4:L
11	Blackknight, 	1.5  	 6:L	10:D	12:W	 4:L	 9:L	 8:L	 7:L
12	HexxPawn,    	0    	 1:L	 8:L	11:L	 9:L	10:L	 7:L	 6:L

**Shirty** · 17-07-2005, 05:52 PM

Hi Shaun, give my regards to David Blackman, my good mate from the 'Dale. Great to see Desperado (v.xx?) doing well.

**shaun** · 17-07-2005, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kegless

Hi Shaun, give my regards to David Blackman, my good mate from the 'Dale. Great to see Desperado (v.xx?) doing well.

Your name came up in conversation today. Don't worry it was all good.
Indeed David attributes the suggestion of valuing pieces as 1,4,4,6,12 (instead of 1,3,3,5,9) to you. One of my computer programs (Fencer) uses it, without any noticible problems, and it appears Hydra has also headed in that direction, valuing minor pieces closer to 4 pawns than 3.

**Shirty** · 17-07-2005, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shaun

Your name came up in conversation today. Don't worry it was all good.
Indeed David attributes the suggestion of valuing pieces as 1,4,4,6,12 (instead of 1,3,3,5,9) to you. One of my computer programs (Fencer) uses it, without any noticible problems, and it appears Hydra has also headed in that direction, valuing minor pieces closer to 4 pawns than 3.

Probably, my first reaction was I suggested that minor pieces should be evaluated much higher, and much more skilfully, in terms of against a pawn, than the 3/1 assessment of the beginners' books of the time.

But the initiative means everything, so now I'm not sure.

**Thunderspirit** · 18-07-2005, 01:01 PM

Hi Shuan... which bot was yours? And have you done any work on it, since last year??

**auriga** · 18-07-2005, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Liberace

Hi Shuan... which bot was yours? And have you done any work on it, since last year??

liberace, that's a very cheeky question.
of course, shaun has done work on it.
he's updated the program with the latest fide rules as at 1 july.

**shaun** · 19-07-2005, 04:19 PM

Games and Crosstable from this event now available at
http://users.rsise.anu.edu.au/~shaun...Standings.html

01-07-2005, 09:42 AM	#1
shaun CC Grandmaster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 646	2005 National Computer Chess Championships National Computer Chess Championships 2005 When: Sunday July 17 2005 What Time: 9:00am to 5:00pm EST Where: Online Where Online: chess.tridgell.net (port 5000) Entrants and spectators most welcome. This tournament is open to anyone who has developed their own program and is a resident of the Oceania Zone. If you wish to enter email me at shaun.press@anu.edu.au Spectators are also most welcome, and can observe the action by connecting to chess.tridgell.net with any FICS client (XBoard etc) and logging in as a guest. Further details are at http://syseng.anu.edu.au/~shaun/chess

17-07-2005, 05:52 PM	#9
Shirty FIDE Medium Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,370	Hi Shaun, give my regards to David Blackman, my good mate from the 'Dale. Great to see Desperado (v.xx?) doing well. Last edited by Shirty : 17-07-2005 at 06:00 PM.

18-07-2005, 01:01 PM	#12
Thunderspirit CC Grandmaster Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 450	Shuan's program Hi Shuan... which bot was yours? And have you done any work on it, since last year?? __________________ Lee Forace Forace´s Legacy - Swap off when you are down. Forace (adj.) - To make worse in chess. Example - To Forace a rook.

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17-07-2005, 02:14 PM	#3
shaun CC Grandmaster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Canberra Posts: 646	Scores after Rd 4 Bodo 4 Desperado, See, Trace X, Knightcap 2.5 Chompster, Vchess, Fencer 2 Blackknight, Kangaruh 1.5 Awesome 1 Hexxpawn 0

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